• 의료법학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.413-459
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• 2008

The Law has intervened to define rare circumstances in which a person should choose continuing life in United States. On the one hand, the law has traditionally acted to preservelife and to respect the sanctity of life. On the other hand, one's control over one's own body, and the right to determine what kind of medical care one will receive, is equally well respected and historically grounded. The competent patients have the right to forgo life-sustaining treatment, courts in United States have left many unanswered questions about the nature of that right. The right to choose to forgo life-sustaining treatment is a manifestation of a patient's autonomy interest. In United States, The Karen Quilan case gave rise to legislative activity in the host of state capitals, and several states had adopted statutes that formally recognized some forms of written directives describing some circumstances in which certain kinds of medical care could be terminated. These statues were sometimes dominated 'living will' acts, sometimes 'right to die' acts and ocasionally 'natural death' acts. Today virtually every state has produced a living will statue. In Korea, courts do not permit a terminally ill person to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Living wills apply in case of terminal illness owing to a defect in legislation. Now In Korea, these lively dispute of legal policy on the preconditions and concrete procedure of living will act and natural death act. Through the legislation of living will act and natural death act, we should prepare some circumstances to respect patient's autonomy on the right to die. We should frame the cultural standard to make a decision of forgoing life-sustainin1g treatment under the discreet procedure.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.329-339
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to consider of meaning in life based on Frankl's theory and to propose of hospice nursing according to conceptual framework of meaning in life. The conceptual framework of meaning in life is composed of 4 phases. According to the first phase, acceptance & awareness of self and life, hospice nurse should helps dying patient to accept limitedness of human existence and death. and according to the second phase, actualization of creative value, hospice nurse can helps dying patient to discover meaning in life through doing a deed for last time before his death. According to the third phase, actualization of experiential value, hospice nurse can helps them to discovery of meaning by experiencing of love through meetings with other people, nature, and god. According to the forth phase, actualization of attitudinal value, hospice nurse can helps them to discovery of meaning by realizing meaning in suffering and death through exercising of the inner freedom to choose bravery and acceptance in the face of death and misfortune. As mentioned above, the Frankl's theory accords with the core of hospice nursing that helps people to accomplish human essence in suffering and death. therefore we accepted Frankl's point of view, asserted that one of the most important roles of a hospice nurse as a supporter and sustainer for dying patients is to help patients to find meaning in life even in the course of death. To achieve the goal, hospice nurses should try to have a firm faith through philosophical introspection about life, death, human existence and meaning in life what the most important goal of life is to discover meaning in life and human have the duty and responsibility of recognizing and pursuing meaning up to the last moment of life.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.300-310
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• 2018

본 연구는 대학생들이 죽음학 강좌 수강 이전과 이후 웰다잉 인식과 결정이 어떻게 변화되었는가를 비교 연구하고자 한다. 대전광역시 소재 일개 대학교에서 죽음학 관련 교양강좌를 2016년 8월부터 12월까지 15주 동안 수강한 대학생 교육 전 93명, 교육 후 117명 대상으로 연구 참여 희망자에 한해 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문구성은 일반적인 특성은 성별, 연령, 학년, 전공, 결혼상태, 종교, 가족 동거여부, 건강상태 8항목이었다. 죽음의 인식 측면에 관한 4항목, 죽음의 수용 측면 5항목, 죽음의 결정 측면 7항목, 죽음 교육의 관심도와 중요도 12항목을 리커트 척도로 구성하였다. 통계 검정법으로는 카이제곱검정, 독립표본 t-검정, 의사결정나무 분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과를 의사결정나무 토대로 종합해보면, 죽음 준비 시기가 죽음에 직면한 시기(암환자, 말기환자 등)와 노인(65세 이상)에서 교육 전이 66.7%로 나타났으나, 교육 후에는 성인과 중 고등학교, 초등학교 이하, 대학교, 대학원에서 교육 후가 65.3%로 나타났으며 이는 유의한 차이를 보였다. 따라서 죽음교육의 효과성과 죽음교육의 시기와 내용 등을 어떻게 구체화 시킬 것인가에 대한 방향 제시를 할 수 있을 것으로 기대되며, 초 중 고등학교, 대학교에서의 죽음교육 실시에 대한 부정적인 시각과 우려를 해소하고 죽음 교육이 학생들의 삶에 태도 변화에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것으로 사료된다.

• 의료법학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.53-75
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• 2008

The end of life problem in the United States has been evolved from the development of concept of brain death over last 50 yr. The invention of ventilator and the development of emergency medicine also played a key role to elongate the end stage of life and which caused the American people to ask a question about the patients self determination and refusing the unwarranted medical treatment in the view of the death with dignity. With regard to the patient unable to self determination, surrogate decision was also considered. To guarantee the self determination, The patient self determination act also enacted on the level of Federal regulation in 1990s. But no law has effectively dealt with the situation when medical treatment became futile. Along with the significant debates on literature and court cases. The American Medical Association's Council on Medical and Judical Affairs presented formal opinion and the Texas was the first states to regulate the medical futile situation in 1999. Even though that definition was in controversy, the concept of medical futility mainly focused on the doctors' right to refuse the treatment.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.383-392
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• 2020

Purpose: This study was a descriptive study to identify factors affecting the attitude toward life-sustaining treatment of nurses working at long-term care hospitals. Methods: Data were collected through structured questionnaires from August 2nd to 27th, 2019. Study participants consisted of 163 nurses who were working for at least 6 months from 7 long-term care hospitals in B and K city. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe' test, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression with SPSS WIN v 21.0. Results: There were significantly positive correlations between awareness of good death (r=.46, p<.001) and perception of patients' rights (r=.32, p<.001). The factors affecting participants' attitude toward life-sustaining treatment were awareness of good death (β=.35, p<.001) and their own view of death (β=.24, p=.001), which explained about 27.0% of the attitude toward life-sustaining treatment. Conclusion: Based on these results, it is necessary to develop nursing educational materials that can establish values for deaths, and cultivate legal and ethical knowledge related to attitude toward life-sustaining treatment. In addition, since the severity of a patient's condition varies and the characteristics of the institution vary depending on the type of hospital, a study is needed on the relevance of variables considering the hospital environment.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.346-354
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• 1995

Records of 71 consecutive patients who had received multiple valve replacement were reviewed[34male,37female,mean age 40.5$\pm$11.2 <14-63> . The early death rate was 2.8%[2/71 . A completed follow-up rate of 95.7% was accomplished in these 69 patients who left hospital[mean 42.5 $\pm$29.5 patients-years . Five of these patients died. The late death rate was 7.2%. Four patients experienced anticoagulant-related hemorrhage[all were minor . One patient had a thromboembolic episode[permanent ,and 2 had late prosthetic valve endocarditis. There was no clinical evidence of hemolysis and structural failure of valves used. Of those patients who survived,NYHA functional class improved significantly[from 87.2% class III & IV before to 95.8% class I & II after . Linearized rates for thromboembolism and anticoagulant-related hemorrhage,and for prosthetic valve endocarditis were 0.67%/100 patient-years,2.95%/100 patient-years,1.34%/100 patient-years, respectively. The actuarial estimates of incidence free of all complications and valve-related deaths were 92.2%/patient-years.Despites the advanced heart disease involving two or more native valves, the patients who had multiple valve replacement had very good results, over a 9-year period.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.55-66
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• 1990

1. 임종통고에 대한 반대는 노인군과 환자가족군이 40.2%, 40.9%로 환자군과 의료인군의 23.%, 13.3%보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.001). 2. 임종환자에 대한 의료인의 회피적 태도에서는 의료인군의 44%가 반대하여 전체평균 28.5%보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.001). 3. 불치병 환자의 생명 연장에 대한 태도에서는 환자군과 보호자군의 반대율이 33.3%, 22.5%로 노인군과 의료인군의 54.5%, 56.0%보다 유의하게 낮았다(p<0.001). 4. 임종환자를 위한 특수시설 및 교육문제에 있어서는 의료인군의 찬성율이 81.3%로 가장 높았고 환자군이 56.8%로 가장 낮았다. 5. 임종환자에 대한 가족의 회피적 태도에 대해서는 노인군의 찬성율이 81.3%로 가장 높았고 가족군이 34%로 가장 낮았다. 6. 임종에 대한 지각문제에 있어서는 의료인군의 찬성율이 77.3%로 전체평균 58.8%보다 높았다.

• 호스피스학술지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2008

Hospice should help a patient maintain spiritual well-being and its attitudes toward death can have great effects on treatment and nursing of patients on terminal patient. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in spiritual well-being and attitudes toward death due to taking a Hospice Subject in Nursing Students This is a comparative study design in which 31 senior nursing students of taking a hospice care subject and 27 senior nursing students of not taking a hospice care subject in college of nursing K university, that is located B metropolitan city in Korea. The instruments for spiritual well-being measuring tools was Kim's (2006) revision and complement of the translation by Choe (1990) on the basis of the spiritual well-being scale developed by Paloutzian and Ellison (1983). The instruments for attitudes toward death was researches revision and complement of the translation by Kim(1992) on the basis of the attitudes toward death Measuring Tool developed by Thorson and Powell (1988). Data were collected from June 1 through June 30, 2006; the researcher got permission from the subjcts, explained objectives of the research to subjects personally and got their permission, and distributed structured questionnaires to make a response in a self-administered basis. For data analysis, an SPSS WINDOWS 12.0 program was used for frequency, percentage, the mean, standard deviation, the minimum, the maximum, x2-test, ANCOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients. The main results of this research are as follows: 1. There were no differecnces the degree of spiritual well-being and the degree of attitudes toward death between nursing students who took a hospice subject and nursing students who did not take a hospice Subject, except several items of attitudes toward death. There was significant positive correlation (r= .508, p= .000) between subjects spiritual well-being and attitudes toward death. That is, the higher spiritual well-being, the more positive attitudes toward death. In conclusion, although there were no differecnces spiritual well-being and attitudes toward death between nursing students who took a hospice care subject and nursing students who did not take a hospice care subject, in nursing students, spiritual well-being was relatively high and their attitudes toward death was relatively positive. To help a nursing students make a positive change in attitudes toward death, a nursing intervention program is necessary to improve spiritual well-being.

• 의료법학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.125-153
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• 2012

The adult guardianship system has been introduced through amendments of Korean Civil Code for the first time in the March 2011(Act No. 10429, 7. 1. 2013. enforcement). The adult guardianship system has the main purposes to provide a lot of help vulnerable adults and elderly, and protect them on the welfare related with property act, treatment, care, etc. There could be a controversy about whether the protection Legal Guardian's consent(formerly known as the Mental Health Act) or permission of the Family Court(revised Civil Code) are required to, or the Mental Health Act should be revised, when mental patient will be hospitalized forcibly. The author proposes that mental patient with Adult guardians should be determined by Legal Guardian's consent and approval of the Family Court, but mental patient without Adult guardians could be determined by Legal Guardian's consent. The issue of Withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment could be occurred due to the aging society and the development of modern medicine, and this has provided difficult, various problems to mankind in Legal, ethical, and social welfare aspects. The need of Death with dignity law or Natural death law has been reduced for a revision of the Civil Code. Therefore, on the issue of Withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment, in the future, intervention of the court is necessary in accordance with the revised Civil Code Section, and Organ Transplantation Act and the brain death criteria may serve as an important criterion.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.34-44
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• 2016

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 간호사의 환자죽음 수용 개념의 속성을 규명하여 임종간호에 대한 이론적 근거를 마련하는 것이다. 방법: 본 연구는 Walker와 Avant의 개념분석 과정을 따랐다. 간호사의 환자죽음 수용 개념의 사용 범위를 확인하기 위해 국내외 문헌을 고찰하였다. 간호사의 환자죽음 수용 개념의 속성을 찾고 조작적 정의를 내리기 위해 국내 논문 중 1999년부터 2015년까지 국내 학술지에 발표된 간호사의 환자죽음 경험에 대한 질적 연구 16편을 분석하였다. 결과: 본 연구에서 간호사의 환자죽음 수용의 선행요인은 간호사의 환자죽음 경험, 혼돈과 갈등, 부정적 감정, 수동적 대처, 환자죽음 회피로 확인되었다. 간호사의 환자죽음 수용 속성은 애도를 통해 도달, 삶을 반추하며 삶과 죽음의 통찰력 획득, 의연하게 바라보기, 인간 존엄 실천하기로 나타났다. 간호사의 환자죽음 수용정의는 '환자죽음을 경험한 간호사가 애도를 통해 도달하는 단계로써 자신의 삶을 반추해서 삶과 죽음에 대한 통찰력을 얻고 환자죽음을 의연하게 바라보며 인간 존엄을 간호 현장에서 실천하는 것'이다. 간호사의 환자죽음 수용의 결과는 전인적인 임종간호, 적극적인 삶 추구로 확인되었다. 결론: 간호사의 환자죽음 수용 개념의 속성과 조작적 정의는 실무 적용 가능한 임종간호 중재 방안 마련과 이론 개발의 기초 자료를 제공할 것이다.